Bats at Harlinsdale Farm won't interfere with trail construction

6:50 AM,
Sep. 30, 2013

There are about 12,000 Indiana bats in Tennessee.

Written by

Kevin Walters
| The Tennessean

Bats may fly in and out of the Park at Harlinsdale Farm, but a $2,600 study shows that they don't hang around.

Franklin officials had to undertake the study before they could begin work on a new walking trail at the city park.

In March, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspectors told Franklin that aerial surveys indicated the property's trees along the walking trail's route might also be used by the bats for a habitat, records show. ...